I just bought a CD, The Distillers - Coral Fang, and it works fine in all my CD players. The problem, however, comes when I put it into my computer. I'm assuming it has some sort of protection, because the CD won't read at all in my drive, and I'm therefore unable to rip it.

Any suggestions on how to get around the stupid protection?

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Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.

Then don't rip it f00l!!!! Illegalness OMGZ TEH LOCK UP OMGZ!

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Et E'llo Endorenna ut / Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' / Ambar-metta!
(This IS[/b] SAJN_Master)

I wasn't aware that it's illegal to rip something I purchased myself. **rolls eyes**

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Mischief. Mayhem. Soap.

I thought you were going to distribute it! I'm sorry /me hands SC a grapefruit

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Et E'llo Endorenna ut / Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' / Ambar-metta!
(This IS[/b] SAJN_Master)

If your drive doesnt even see a CD in there, software wont help... if it sees it, but wont read it, then you can use some software... just look for some freeware on downloads.com

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"Ahhhh!! I'm Burnin'! I'm Burnin!!!" - Cleaner from Max Payne 2

if it's an enhanced CD your computer might not like it. Eh, maybe...

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MaxisReed
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OMGZ!!!

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Software can help, depends on the copy protection.
Try to figure out which one is used with Swiss Scout Easyscan or clony XXL (search for it) then google for what was detected, I think one protection is unbeatable, don't know its exact name.
If you have a Plextor drive and Plextools, check "Enable Single Session" before loading the CD, else use EAC and set it so that it just reads the first session.

If you don't want all that bring the CD back to the shop and demand a new, uncorrupted copy of the CD.


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Of war, we don't speak anymore

Maybe you shouldn't listen to the Distillers...

Sorry, I just really dislike them! No offence!

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tristan is the best friend of the jedi

"I am the signature virus! Copy me into your signature so that I can take over the world! Moohahahee!"

I've had several CDs that were "copy protected" and iTunes has ALWAYS mounted the CD and ripped it. Try that. Seems to always work for me.

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Frogblast the Vent Core!

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ISOBuster has always worked for me to extract the raw wav data.

If you disable autorun, or hold the shift key when you put in the CD, the problem will go away.


OH NOS!!! I JUST VIOLATED THE DMCA!!!!

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Fight the future.

Shouldn't be covered in the DMCA, because there was a supreme court ruling that made it legal to make copies of DVDs, VHS tapes, and CDs for yourself, as long as you didn't give them to anyone.

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"LC Tusken: the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot"
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NMGOH

BAN THE SHIFT KEY IN ALL ITS EVILNESS!!!

Oh, uh...

Tell me how disabling autorun gets past intentionally damaged TOCs and datajunk on CDs, which is what more sophisticated copy protection schemes consist of?

http://www.goldenpi.no-ip.org/drm/audio-cd.shtml

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Of war, we don't speak anymore

[This message has been edited by Molgrew (edited December 27, 2003).]

*cough*cough*cough*

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Fight the future.

I am amused by the fact that this so-called software company weren't informed about the uses of shift..

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Gandalv the Gray, recieving bans for Christmas since December 2001